Historic Sites of Manitoba: Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Chapel and Cemetery (1282 Red River Drive, RM of Ritchot)

This cemetery is situated on River Lot 40, in the Parish of St. Norbert, in the Rural Municipality of Ritchot. A church was built on the site in 1909 and replaced in 1959. After it was destroyed by a massive flood in 1997, a chapel replaced it in 1999.

Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery

Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (May 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.70335, W97.12697
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.

This page was prepared by Tim Worth, Rose Kuzina, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 May 2019

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